High form for shoes.



A. G. LEGGB. HIGH Pom/Iron SHOES. APPLIOATION FILED IAB. 13, 1914.

THE NORRIS PETERS ca. PHOTO-LITHOH WASHING ION. D C,

Patented Oct. 27, 1914,

UNITED STATES ALFRED G. LEGGE, 0F BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

men FORM FOR SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 13, 1914. Serial No. 324.529.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED G. Lneen a citizen of the United States, residing at Brockton, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in High Forms for Shoes, of which thefollowing is' a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. I

My inventionhas for" its object a hollow shoe-form constructed of leather board which is adapted for use with high shoes or as a display form, for hose alone or in connection with low shoes, tango slippers and the like. Hollow leather board forms, so far as I am aware, havejbeen made in the past only in low forms for the reason that they have not been so constructed that the leather board of which they are made could be properly shaped about the ankle and lower leg portion. This is due to the fact that the toe portion of a low form consistsof a single piece of material which must be crimped to shape and stretched over the instep in order to obtain the shape required. This crimping operation is performed on such a machine as is shown in U. S. Letters Patent No. 804,482 granted to me November 14, 1905. Shoe-forms constructed in this manner, however, cannot be made to extend above the ankle for the reason that the material will not stretch sufliciently.

The object of my invention, therefore, is to produce a ,hollowsheet material form which extends above the ankle and hasa leg portion of any length desired. The only high shoe-forms heretofore constructed so far as known to me are solid forms which are composedof wood or the like and are, therefore, relatively heavy and expensive to manufacture.

The form in which my invention in embodied is light, very inexpensive to construct and much more suitable for many purposes than the old solid form.

My invention makes it possible to make a hollow high shoe-form of leather board instead of solid wood as heretofore.

My invention will be fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the novel features thereof are clearly pointed out and defined in the claims at the close of the specification. I

Figure 1 is a plan View of one of the blanks ofwhich my improved form is composed. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of two blanks similar to that shown in Fig. 1 said blanks being stitched along the front median line. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of a shoe form-embodying my inven tion. Fig.3.

Having referencenow to the drawings, the shoe'form embodying my invention consists. of a pairof blanks' A each cut from a Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of 7 sheet of leather board. They comprise a toe portion B and a leg portion C and have a front edge D which inthe finished form lies along the front. median line and rear edge respectively. The front edge D is cut to correspond in general with the contour of the front median line ofthe last, and this permits theblank to be given the required shape to produce the completed form-shown in Fig. 3, when combined with another similar blank.

The two properly tempered blanks A are superimposed and sewed firmly together along the front edge I) as shown at G. The blanks are then opened and folded the other way so that the free lips H between the stitching G and the edge D are on the inside. The outer surface of the blanks is thus left smooth along the line G as shown at Fig. 3, the lips H being then rubbed down flat as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The blanks are then placed on a suitable last being pulled over tightly from front to back and retained in position by tacks in the manner well known to those skilled in the art. The

blanks are easily pulled over to cause them to conform to the shape of the last without being first crimped for by joining the two blanks along the front line. G they may be each cut so that when placed on the last they closely approximate its shape and are not subjected to any undue strain while being stretched over the last.

As the form is made from two blanks, the

edges of which in the finished form are joined along the front and back median I the material has been set and fixed in shape by baking or otherwise, the surplus material is cut off along the line M partly shown in Fig. 3 from the top of the form to the heel. This causes the edges of the blanks to abut along the line M. The meeting edges are then secured together and "reinforced by means of astrip N to which they are made fast by rivets R. While I prefer this con:

struction, of course, any well known method of securing and reinforcing the rear portionof the form may be employed.

What I claim is:

1, A hollow shoe form having a fore part and a high ankle portion composed of two portions of sheet material forming opposite sides of the shoe form and secured together at their front and rear edges and shaped to the shoe last, the said sheet material being characterized by the quality of receivingthe shape of the last when the sheet is tempered and drawn tight over the last and of retaining said shape when set.

2. A hollow shoe form having a fore part and a high ankle portion composed of two portions of leather board forming opposite sides of the shoe form and secured together at their front and rear edges and shaped to the shoe last, the said leather board being characterized by the quality of being capable of receiving the shape of the shoe last when the leather board is tempered and drawn tightly over the last and of retaining said shape when set.

3. A hollow bottomless shoe form having a fore part and a high ankle portion composed of two portions of leather board forming opposite sides of the form and secured together at their front and rear edges, and permanently shaped to the ankle and fore part of the shoe last.

i. A hollow shoe form having a fore part and a high ankle portion composed of two portions of sheet material, each forming one-half of the fore part and ankle portion, said two portions being united together at their front and rear edges, forming a median front vertical joint and a median rear vertical joint, the said form being permanently shaped to the ankle and fore part of the last of the shoe which it is intended to fit. y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED s. LEGGEJ Witnesses: I

' GEORGE P. DIKE,

ALICE H. MORRISON.

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